Patch Notes: April 27th, 2018

Fixed a crash related to possessed Drakk trying to steal Agnon's Graniteform buff. As part of this fix, we have made Graniteform and similar buffs, such as Ice Block unstealable. If those buffs would be stolen, they are now purged instead.

Barbarian Bundle now pays out Loot Keys as intended.

Bringing Barbarians into dungeons now doubles your event tickets. It was previously running off of the Agnon event mechanic of doubling tickets when you brought in a hero with an alternate skin.

Fixed an issue that was causing Balog's Cry Havoc to occur twice in a turn when paired with Abigail.

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Fixed a crash related to possessed Drakk trying to steal Agnon's Graniteform buff. As part of this fix, we have made Graniteform and similar buffs, such as Ice Block, unstealable. If those buffs would be stolen, they are now purged instead.

Barbarian Bundle now pays out Loot Keys as intended.

Bringing Barbarians into dungeons now doubles your event tickets. It was previously running off of the Agnon event mechanic of doubling tickets when you brought in a hero with an alternate skin.

Fixed an issue that was causing Balog's Cry Havoc to occur twice in a turn when paired with Abigail.

Fixed a crash related to possessed Drakk trying to steal Agnon's Graniteform buff. As part of this fix, we have made Graniteform and similar buffs, such as Ice Block, unstealable. If those buffs would be stolen, they are now purged instead.

Fixed a crash related to possessed Drakk trying to steal Agnon's Graniteform buff. As part of this fix, we have made Graniteform and similar buffs, such as Ice Block, unstealable. If those buffs would be stolen, they are now purged instead.

Hey @ScoutYo, could you clarify what you mean by 'those runes and abilities now do nothing'? Do you mean they now do no damage at all? Because I'm still seeing damage being done in my game. Keep in mind that Graniteform and Ice Block reduce damage by 90% to begin with, then factor in defense and other damage reduction.

Fixed a crash related to possessed Drakk trying to steal Agnon's Graniteform buff. As part of this fix, we have made Graniteform and similar buffs, such as Ice Block, unstealable. If those buffs would be stolen, they are now purged instead.

Is this permanent, or until the underlying issue is fixed?

This is permanent. We were already exploring the idea of making these buffs unstealable, the bug related to it just made the change higher priority for us.

Hey @ScoutYo, could you clarify what you mean by 'those runes and abilities now do nothing'? Do you mean they now do no damage at all? Because I'm still seeing damage being done in my game. Keep in mind that Graniteform and Ice Block reduce damage by 90% to begin with, then factor in defense and other damage reduction.

Hey, Joel. I'm not referring to damage. I just meant what I mentioned in the previous paragraph about Caster runes and buff-stealing abilities (like Hopper's and Drakk's) not purging Graniteform and Stone Block.

The patch notes say that buff stealing should now purge Graniteform and Ice Block, but that's not happening. Instead, buff stealing has no effect on either of those two buffs. They simply remain in effect on Agnon/Selwyn.

Hey @ScoutYo, could you clarify what you mean by 'those runes and abilities now do nothing'? Do you mean they now do no damage at all? Because I'm still seeing damage being done in my game. Keep in mind that Graniteform and Ice Block reduce damage by 90% to begin with, then factor in defense and other damage reduction.

Hey, Joel. I'm not referring to damage. I just meant what I mentioned in the previous paragraph about Caster runes and buff-stealing abilities (like Hopper's and Drakk's) not purging Graniteform and Stone Block.

The patch notes say that buff stealing should now purge Graniteform and Ice Block, but that's not happening. Instead, buff stealing has no effect on either of those two buffs. They simply remain in effect on Agnon/Selwyn.

Yeah and they have no reaction to drakks challenge me, they won't attack!!

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May the side of fun and nonsense reign supreme!!
Fun Is the most important aspect of games, don't underestimate future meta heroes...

Fixed a crash related to possessed Drakk trying to steal Agnon's Graniteform buff. As part of this fix, we have made Graniteform and similar buffs, such as Ice Block, unstealable. If those buffs would be stolen, they are now purged instead.

Is this permanent, or until the underlying issue is fixed?

This is permanent. We were already exploring the idea of making these buffs unstealable, the bug related to it just made the change higher priority for us.

So now we have to keep a list of which buffs can be stolen, which can be purged, and which are just normal buffs?

Fixed a crash related to possessed Drakk trying to steal Agnon's Graniteform buff. As part of this fix, we have made Graniteform and similar buffs, such as Ice Block, unstealable. If those buffs would be stolen, they are now purged instead.

Is this permanent, or until the underlying issue is fixed?

This is permanent. We were already exploring the idea of making these buffs unstealable, the bug related to it just made the change higher priority for us.

So now we have to keep a list of which buffs can be stolen, which can be purged, and which are just normal buffs?

Along with differentiating them from passives.

This is going down a dark road....

Hello from The Dark Side... I bet by next year there will be some hero that makes abilities steal able, or a hero that dis-ascends a hero for a battle... that is probably the only thing that could counter drak- destroying balog aoe or destroying pillage...

All hail the Jabberwonky-JarJar,Jabber,Jibber
May the side of fun and nonsense reign supreme!!
Fun Is the most important aspect of games, don't underestimate future meta heroes...

Graniteform can still be purged by abilities that are supposed to purge, but abilities (and Caster Runes) that are supposed to steal buffs for the attacker now have no effect (instead of purging, per the patch notes).